4 hours agoUS expands use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, paving way for children as young as 12 to get shots
3 hours agoPfizer COVID-19 shot expanded to US children as young as 12The U.S. is expanding use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to children as young as 12.
6 hours agoNASA spacecraft begins 2-year trip home with asteroid rubbleA NASA spacecraft is headed back to Earth with rubble it collected from an asteroid nearly 200 million miles away.
4 hours agoWith $76B surplus, California proposes rebates for millionsCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to tap an extraordinary $76 billion budget surplus to give tax rebates to millions of people.
3 hours agoStates push jobless from virus recession to return to workStates are pushing the unemployed to return to work to help businesses large and small find the workers they need to emerge from the COVID-19 recession.
10 hours agoLafayette Square near the White House reopens to publicLafayette Square, the park across from the White House, has reopened to the public.
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4 hours agoColorado police seek motive in party shooting that killed 7Police in Colorado are investigating what led a gunman to open fire at a birthday party inside a trailer park home, killing six adults before he took his own life.
14 hours agoMan arrested in Puerto Rico after killing dog on golf coursePuerto Rico police say they arrested a man accused of shooting and killing a dog that had stolen his ball on a golf course at a well-known resort.
10 hours agoBiden approval buoyed by his pandemic response, poll suggestsPresident Joe Biden is entering the next phase of his administration with the steady approval of a majority of Americans.
9 hours agoFlight 93 families hope heroism award helps keep story aliveThe memorial to the people who died on United Airlines Flight 93 is hard to find on a map as the Sept, 11, 2001, terrorist attack itself slips deeper into the nation’s memory.
16 hours ago‘Last hurrah’: 2020 college grads finally get ceremoniesScores of college campuses around the U.S. are offering their 2020 graduates a chance to experience the in-person commencements they missed out on because of the pandemic.
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1 day agoIs Epic Games' showdown with Apple turning into a mismatch? If Epic Games hopes to dismantle the fortress surrounding Apple’s iPhone and its app store, the video game maker probably will need to roll out some heavier artillery heading into the second week of a trial threatening Apple’s $2 trillion empire.
1 day agoTearful reunions mark second Mother’s Day under pandemicJoyful reunions among vaccinated parents and children across the country marked this year’s Mother’s Day.
1 day agoFamed German architect Jahn killed in Illinois bike accidentA prominent German architect who designed Chicago’s state government building and worked on the design of the FBI headquarters in Washington has been killed in a bike accident in Illinois.
1 day agoMicronesians feel hatred in Hawaii, decry police shootingSome in Hawaii’s Micronesian community say the April 5 shooting of 16-year-old Iremamber Sykap highlights the racism they face in a place they expected to be more welcoming to fellow islanders.
1 day agoLong suspected of murder, she confessed but avoided prisonShelly Harmon was long suspected of killing her roommate in central Arizona in 1988.
9 hours agoJob market for new grads: Much hiring but much competitionThis year’s graduating class of college seniors is poised for better prospects than were the 2020 graduates, who had the misfortune to graduate in the depths of the disastrous coronavirus recession.
14 hours agoSome states plan big spending with Biden’s aid, others waitSome states are making plans to spend billions of dollars from President Joe Biden's pandemic relief act, though the money has yet to arrive.
1 day agoNebraska death sentences continue despite no execution drugsNebraska prosecutors have been successful in getting death sentences for convicted murderers, but as the state adds to its death row population, many who oversee the state's capital punishment largely ignore the fact that Nebraska has no lethal injection drugs and very likely won’t get any for years, if ever.
1 day ago2 Catholic bishops at odds over Biden receiving CommunionArchbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego share Roman Catholicism as a faith and California as their home base.
1 day agoAfter court nixes eviction ban, race is on for federal helpA court ruling striking down a national eviction moratorium has placed additional pressure on the federal and state governments to deliver tens of billions of dollars in promised rental aid.
1 day agoRansomware gangs get more aggressive against law enforcementCriminal hackers are now using increasingly brazen methods to try to extort money from law enforcement agencies, including leaking or threatening to leak highly sensitive and potentially life-threatening information.
13 hours agoElon Musk shows humility and hubris as 'SNL' hostElon Musk showed a combination of humility and hubris as he opened his highly anticipated hosting gig on “Saturday Night Live.”.
17 hours agoCyberattack on US pipeline is linked to criminal gangThe shutdown of the pipeline that carries gasoline and other fuel from Texas to the Northeast is continuing.
1 day agoMajor US pipeline halts operations after ransomware attackThe White House says the federal government is working with the Georgia-based company that shut down a major pipeline transporting fuel across the East Coast after a ransomware attack.
2 days agoPastors rally, seek transparency in Elizabeth City shootingPastors and denominational leaders have rallied in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to call for greater transparency in the investigation into the death of a Black man who was fatally shot in his car by sheriff’s deputies.
2 days agoPolice: 3 hurt in Florida mall shooting as shoppers scatterAuthorities say a shooting at a South Florida shopping mall sent anxious shoppers and workers running and left three people injured.
2 days agoFloyd's brother, nephew react to ex-cops' federal indictmentGeorge Floyd’s brother and nephew expressed gratitude after a federal grand jury indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in his death.
2 days agoAuthorities: 4 dead, 1 hurt after shooting, fire in MarylandAuthorities say four people are dead, including a suspect, and at least one more is injured after a shooting and fire in Maryland.
2 days agoRhode Island investigating death of man handcuffed by policeState authorities are investigating the case of a man who died after being handcuffed by police in Providence.
2 days agoPandemic gives boost as more states move to digital IDsThe card millions of people have used to prove their identity to everyone from police officers to liquor store owners may soon be a thing of the past as a growing number of states develop digital driver’s licenses.
2 days agoMaryland governor pardons 34 victims of racial lynchingMaryland Gov. Larry Hogan has posthumously pardoned 34 victims of racial lynching in the state between 1854 and 1933 who were denied legal due process.
2 days agoElection officials face fines, charges in GOP voting lawsThe county officials who run elections are facing a slate of new punishments as part of a nationwide Republican campaign to roll back access to the ballot, months after many hailed them as heroes for the creative ways they expanded voting access last year during the coronavirus outbreak.
2 days agoAs US reopens, campuses tighten restrictions for virus Mask and distancing restrictions may be relaxing across much of the country, but it’s been another tough semester on many college campuses, where COVID-19 spikes have meant even tougher measures.
2 days agoWith civil rights charges, Justice Dept. signals prioritiesThe Justice Department is sending a strong signal about its priorities these days.
9 hours agoAmazon blocked 10 billion listings in counterfeit crackdownFor years Amazon has been under pressure from shoppers, brands and lawmakers to crack down on counterfeits on its site.
3 days agoCowabunga! More than 800 turtles rescued from storm drainsHundreds of baby turtles have been rescued from storm drains along the Jersey Shore.
2 days agoAuthorities: Fake vaccination cards sold at California barAuthorities say they have arrested the owner of a Northern California bar where made-to-order fake COVID-19 vaccination cards were being sold to undercover state agents for $20 each.
3 days agoCalifornia leaving: State population declines for first timeCalifornia's population declined in 2020 for the first time since state officials have been measuring it.
3 days agoNASA Mars helicopter heard humming through planet's thin airNASA is sharing sounds of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air.
3 days agoUS drops Trump plan for more biometric data on immigrantsThe Biden administration has withdrawn a Trump-era proposal to expand the amount and types of biometric data collected by U.S. immigration authorities.
3 days agoNYC still storing COVID-19 victims in refrigerated trucksNew York City is still using refrigerated trucks to store bodies of coronavirus victims, more than a year after they were first set up as temporary morgues as deaths surged at at the height of the pandemic.
3 days agoBaseball's Bobby Valentine running for mayor of hometownFormer Major League player and manager Bobby Valentine is entering politics, announcing that he's running for mayor of Stamford.
3 days agoWeak jobs report spurs new arguments over big fed spendingPresident Joe Biden insists an unexpected slowdown in companies’ hiring is clear new proof the U.S. needs the multitrillion-dollar federal boost he’s pushing.
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3 days agoTripadvisor removes insensitive review of Auschwitz MuseumTravel website Tripadvisor has removed an insensitive review of the Auschwitz Museum after initially saying it complied with its submission guidelines.
3 days agoNJ school: We've addressed educator's trans-rant beer tossA New Jersey school district says it has responded in a “swift and serious” way to the case of a vice principal who threw beer on people who were videotaping his wife’s extended rant against a transgender woman’s use of a public bathroom.
3 days agoPfizer, BioNTech ask FDA for full approval of COVID-19 vaccine, report saysIf granted, the Pfizer vaccine would be the first in the U.S. to be fully approved.
3 days ago4 ex-cops indicted on US civil rights charges in Floyd deathA federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest and death, accusing them of willfully violating the Black man’s constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping for air.
3 days agoAsian American health workers fight virus and racist attacksHealth care workers of Asian and Pacific Islander descent say they have been subjected to racial slurs and sometimes physical attacks amid the coronavirus pandemic.
3 days agoIn surprise, Atlanta Mayor Bottoms won't seek a second termAtlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms confirmed Friday that she will not seek a second term, an election-year surprise that marks a sharp turnabout for the city’s second Black woman executive.
3 days agoTexas GOP’s voting restriction bill passes key House voteTexas has become the latest Republican-dominated state to advance sweeping new limits on voting, despite no evidence of any problems with last year’s vote and a coalition of state and federal officials calling the 2020 presidential election the most secure in history.
3 days agoAtlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms not seeking reelectionAtlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has announced she will not seek a second term, an election-year surprise that marks a sharp turnabout for the city’s second Black woman executive.
5-year prison term for Hawaii psychiatric hospital escapeA man who spent decades in a Hawaii psychiatric hospital for killing a woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for escaping form the facility.
